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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
EDUCATION,
INCLUDING
BY
REQUIRING
COMMUNITY
COLLEGES
TO
PUBLISH
INFORMATION
RELATED
TO
GRADUATES,
REQUIRING
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
TO
PROVIDE
STUDENTS
ENROLLED
IN
GRADES
ELEVEN
AND
TWELVE
WITH
INFORMATION
RELATED
TO
GRADUATES
OF
COMMUNITY
COLLEGES
AND
THE
AVERAGE
INCOME
AND
STUDENT
DEBT
OF
GRADUATES
OF
INSTITUTIONS
OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
GOVERNED
BY
THE
STATE
BOARD
OF
REGENTS,
AND
MODIFYING
PROVISIONS
RELATED
TO
SUPPLEMENTARY
WEIGHTING.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
d,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
d.
Supplementary
weighting
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
available
to
a
school
district
during
the
period
commencing
with
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
through
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2034.
The
maximum
amount
of
additional
weighting
for
which
a
school
district
shall
be
eligible
in
a
budget
year
is
twenty-one
additional
pupils
;
provided,
however,
that
for
budget
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2024,
the
supplementary
weighting
assigned
for
a
shared
operational
function
in
the
area
of
a
college
and
career
transition
counselor
or
coordinator
shall
not
count
toward
this
maximum
amount
.
Criteria
for
determining
the
qualification
of
operational
functions
for
supplementary
weighting
shall
be
determined
by
the
department
by
rule,
through
consideration
of
increased
student
opportunities.
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p.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
260C.14,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
25.
Publish
on
the
community
college’s
internet
site
a
link
to
the
Iowa
student
outcomes
internet
site
maintained
by
the
department
of
education.
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.84
College
and
career
transition
counselors
or
coordinators
——
information
related
to
the
completion
of
postsecondary
programs.
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
shall
provide
each
student
enrolled
in
the
school
district
in
grades
eleven
and
twelve
who
has
expressed
an
interest
in
postsecondary
education,
including
in
the
student’s
individual
career
and
academic
plan
created
pursuant
to
section
279.61,
with
all
of
the
following:
a.
A
link
to
the
most
recent
copy
of
the
report
published
by
the
state
board
of
regents
pursuant
to
section
262.9,
subsection
38.
b.
A
link
to
the
Iowa
student
outcomes
internet
site
maintained
by
the
department
of
education.
2.
If
the
school
district
employs
a
college
and
career
transition
counselor
or
coordinator,
the
college
and
career
transition
counselor
or
coordinator
shall
be
responsible
for
providing
the
information
described
in
subsection
1.
3.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“college
and
career
transition
counselor
or
coordinator”
means
a
licensed
school
counselor
or
an
appropriately
trained
individual
responsible
for
providing
direct
services
to
students,
parents,
families,
schools,
and
postsecondary
institutions
to
support
college
preparation
and
postsecondary
success,
such
as
college
preparation,
financial
aid
processing,
and
transition
to
postsecondary
institution
enrollment.
Sec.
4.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
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p.
3
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
districts.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2615,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor